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You know...I hate to be the bad guy but Don has no motivation for why he's doing this.
At all. I mean, think about it. These ponies have been nothing but nice to him despite being genuinely concerned after the last Overlord that showed up. And he's plotting to utterly destroy their incredibly well-woven and remarkably tolerant, magical and almost utopian society...just because. Why? Because. Because he's the overlord. That's it. That's not a good motivation. It's childish, one note and flat. He has no reason to be an asshole, he's just an asshole.
You can't even make the argument he's being corrupted by some magical doohickey. He's not wearing one. And you can't make the argument that he's housing some evil spirit that's corrupting him. He destroyed the one that was trying to control his body. He's just going along with a plan that will result in countless innocents suffering and dying just BECAUSE.
The only thing he's missing is a black top hat and a moustache to twirl while he sings "Where is the reeeent? I MUST have the reeeeent"!
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The whole concept of the overlord is when one power rises (celestia) another must rise to oppose it thus maintaining balance.
also cause the overlord has always been about being evil for the sake of evil, evil is his motivation, also being evil is just too damn fun.
4672157
that uh... thats actually the entire point of the games.... to be an asshole and conquer that is. so... the story fits pretty well actually.
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There's no such thing as balance between good and evil because evil is good gone wrong. It's parasitic. Nightmare moon wouldn't have existed had it not fed off Luna's jealousy and sadness. Discord has nothing to work with and corrupt without the presence of good. The Devil himself? Used to be the brightest angel in the Heavens, he turned evil out of pride and hubris and self-centeredness. Everyone is the hero of their own story, after all, nobody truly thinks of themselves as evil unless they're bat--to insane. And clearly, he's not insane if he's smart enough to formulate big plans and schemes like this.
Let's take Darth Vader. He's evil only because he used to be good but was tempted into doing evil because he sought a way to save his wife, and then he stayed that way because he felt if was the best way to maintain order in the galaxy. Dexter is evil because of his combined genetics and the environment he raised in, which taught him to focus his evil into killing other serial killers. But even they have motivations outside of just "for the lulz".
Not to mention there's been no discussion of why Don is doing this. He's never once offered up a real reason why he wants to take over a country that didn't do anything to him and has been nothing but nice. He's just plotting murder, slavery and kindapping and the like without any stated reason why. And him doing it solely because he's the Overlord means he's not a protagonist. He has no free will of his own, he's a slave to something that forces him to be a certain way with no input whatsoever. If he literally has no reason other than "it's just what's expected of me", then he's basically a robot. Someone who cannot think for himself. And he doesn't even have the luxury of saying "this thing around my neck or this evil spirit in me is making me do it".
The implication is a giant middle finger to free will if you're trying to argue that is motivation is "it's just what overlords do and since he's the overlord now, that's what he does and he doesn't need any other motivation".
4672248 I'm just going to state right now there is an underlying reason as to why Don is so set on taking over as the Overlord but I can't reveal it now because it's something Don doesn't even know himself.
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Yeah, because I want to read a story about an asshole with no redeeming, likable, or relatable traits beyond "just being a dick".
Oh, wait, no. You can't make a good story about that unless there's a foil to contrast with that person, or they have some kind of sympathetic backstory or other side we get to see, which Don doesn't. A story in which an asshole is just an asshole just because is what the stupid "Party X" film was about with Costas, who assaulted people, sexually harassed others, set a house on fire and almost a whole neighborhood, and got away with everything whilst being a jerk about it. Or Joffrey from Game of Thrones, who just wants to be in charge and conquer because he's a bratty, self absorbed prick. Everyone wanted him dead. Not to succeed.
Protagonists actually have to have good motivations for a story. Not just "just because". This ISNT a simple video game. It's a story trying to suck you into its world and to put you in the shoes of its main character. But he has no REASON to be doing anything of this, he's just DOING it! So why should we care? Especially when there's ten dozen other villain overlord stories on the site? Malideus, Phobos, Darth Vulcan, the market is oversaturated with villains who are just jerks just because of some trinket they wear or because they're just assholes. A story needs to stand out and be NEW. Not just different, different is barely anything changed. New. As in in a new direction or new ideas or new take on a character.
Don isn't. He's not dynamic, not sympathetic, not relatable. His goals are not admirable, his motivations nonexistent, so why should we, the audience, want to see him succeed especially when the ponies have been nothing but nice to him? It would be one thing if they were all complete jerks and him taking over would come off as comeuppance...but it's not. He's just a big bully.
That's not a good character to base an entire story around. It's someone who should be an ANTAGONIST, a foil, a contrast for the real protagonists.
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Wait.
...you're serious?
...okay. I take it all back then. Never mind. I'll wait until more of the story progresses.
Just please don't toss in another rape scene. That's all I ask.
4672281 Don't worry. That's not happening again.
4672248 also let's not forget what don used to be a bloodthirsty savage whos goal was to bring as much death and destruction as possible, even though he's gone now its not unlikely that he is still heavily influenced by his old personality
Welp, that must've been traumatic.